Re: Spam from people I know

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Date sent:              Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:53:03 +0100 (BST)
From:                   Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>

> I get a spam, no subject, sent to maybe half a dozen people. But it comes 
> from someone I'm in email contact with (i.e., I've sent them an email, 
> maybe they've sent me one).
>
> What's the malware that causes this, and what will detect it? 

Well, not uncommon, over the past decade (you know that), but, with the lack of 
subject line, are most of these from AOL, Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, or other 
Webmail accounts?  We've seen a lot of this (do they come with URLs leading to 
"Canadaian Pharmacy" sites?) and I suspect it isn't malware, it's all the email 
account phishing that is going on.

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